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The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
Active	28 March 2006-
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Army
Type	Line Infantry
Role	Light Role
Part of	19 Light Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Fort George
Motto	Nemo Me Impune Lacessit "No One Assails Me With Impunity"
Commanders
Royal Colonel	HRH The Duke of Rothesay
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Tartan	Government Royal Stewart (Pipers kilts and plaids)
Hackle	Red

The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
badge and tartan
Active	1 July 1739 – 28 March 2006
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Army
Type	Line Infantry
Role	Armoured Infantry
Size	One battalion
Garrison/HQ	Sennelager, Germany
Nickname	"Ladies from Hell" (during WWI & II)[1] "The Forty Twa" [2] "Black Jocks" (slang term used by members of other regiments)
Motto	Nemo Me Impune Lacessit Latin: "No man touches me with impunity"
March	Quick: All the Blue Bonnets are o'er the Border Slow: The Garb of Old Gaul Pipes & Drums Quick: Hielan' Laddie Pipes & Drums Slow: My Home Pipes & Drums Slow: Highland Cradle Song
Anniversaries	Red Hackle Day (5 January)
Battle honours	see below

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Prior to 28 March 2006, the Black Watch was an infantry regiment in its own right; The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) from 1931 to 2006, and The Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch) from 1881 to 1931. Part of the Scottish Division, it was the senior regiment of Highlanders. The regiment's name came from the dark tartan that they wore and from its role to "watch" the Highlands. "Black Watch" was originally a nickname for the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, but was used more and more so that, in 1881, when the 42nd amalgamated with the 73rd Regiment of Foot, the new regiment was named "The Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch)", with The Black Watch becoming the regiment's official designation in 1931. The uniform changed over time, but the nickname has been more enduring. The regimental motto was Nemo me impune lacessit (no man attacks me with impunity). The Royal Stewart Tartan was worn by the regimental pipers due the royal designation. Six independent companies were first formed from 1725 to stop fighting among the clans. is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... British regiment A regiment is a military unit, consisting of a variable number of battalions - commanded by a colonel. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Scottish Division is a British Army Infantry command, training and administrative apparatus designated for all Scottish infantry units. ... The Highland Brigade is a historical unit of the British Army, which has been formed a number of times. ... For the artificial athletic track surface, see tartan track. ... The 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... The 73rd Regiment of Foot also known as MacLeods Highlanders after its founder Lord MacLeod, was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one wounds me with impunity, literally meaning (lacessere = to appeal to, to provoke, to attack): No one provokes me with impunity) is the royal Scottish motto, used historically for the Kingdom of Scotland where it appeared on the Royal Arms of Scotland. ... The Royal Stewart Tartan The best known of all Scottish tartans, the Royal Stewart is the tartan of the British Royal House of Stewart and the personal tartan of Her Majesty the Queen. ...

History

The Black Watch was formed as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881 when the Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch) was amalgamated with the 73rd (Perthshire) Foot to form two battalions of the newly named Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch). The 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... The Childers Reforms were undertaken by Secretary of State for War Hugh Childers in 1881. ... The 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... The 73rd Regiment of Foot also known as MacLeods Highlanders after its founder Lord MacLeod, was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ...

20th century

During World War I the 25 battalions of Black Watch fought mainly in France and Flanders, except for the 2nd Battalion which fought in Mesopotamia and Palestine, and the 10th Battalion which was in the Balkans. Only the 1st and 2nd battalions were regulars, with the rest either part of the Territorial Force or New Army. The fearsome reputation of these kilted soldiers led to their acquiring the nickname "Ladies from Hell" from the German troops that faced them in the trenches. (Scottish troops wore kilts up until 1940). German soldiers were even known to retreat before battle just from the skirling of the pipes signalling an onslaught from the Black Watch. “The Great War ” redirects here. ... The 2nd Battalion, Black Watch was fromed in 1881 when the 42nd Regiment of Foot and the 73rd Regiment of Foot were amalgamated to form the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) . Categories: | ... Mesopotamia was a cradle of civilization geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq. ... A 2003 satellite image of the region. ... Balkan redirects here. ... The 1st Battalion, Black Watch was formed in 1881 when the 42nd Regiment of Foot was amalgamated with the 73rd Regiment of Foot . ... In the United Kingdom the Territorial Army is a part of the British Army composed of reserve units, or part-time soldiers. ... WWI recruitment poster for Kitcheners Army. ...

Battalions of the Black Watch fought in almost every major British action in World War II, from Palestine to Normandy and as Chindits (42 and 73 columns) in Burma. The Territorial Army Black Watch units were originally cut off at Dunkirk with the rest of the 51st (Highland) Division, but were later reformed by reserve units and fought at the Battle of El Alamein and the Allied invasion of Sicily. After the war, in 1948, the two regular battalions were merged into one. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... For other uses, see Normandy (disambiguation). ... The Chindits (Officially in 1942 77th Indian Infantry Brigade and in 1943 Indian 3rd Infantry Division) were a British Indian Army Special Force that served in Burma and India from 1942 until 1945 during the Burma Campaign in World War II. They were formed into long range penetration groups trained... The Territorial Army (TA) is the principal reserve force of the British Army, the land armed forces of the United Kingdom, and composed mostly of part-time soldiers paid at the same rate, while engaged on military activities, as their Regular equivalents. ... This article is about a Second World War battle in 1940, for the 1658 battle of the same name see Battle of the Dunes (1658) Combatants United Kingdom France Belgium Germany Commanders Lord Gort General Weygand Gerd von Rundstedt (Army Group A) Ewald von Kleist (Panzergruppe von Kleist) Strength approx. ... For the First World War unit, see British 51st (Highland) Division (World War I). ... Sup G There were two battles of El Alamein, both during 1942. ... Combatants  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  Free French  Nazi Germany Italy Commanders Dwight D. Eisenhower Harold Alexander Bernard Montgomery George S. Patton Albert Kesselring Alfredo Guzzoni Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin Strength 160,000 men 14,000 vehicles 600 tanks 1,800 guns 365,000 Italians 40,000 Germans Casualties...

The regiment won honours after the Battle of the Hook during the Korean War in November 1952, and were subsequently involved in peacekeeping and counter-insurgency in various parts of the world such as the Mau Mau Uprising and Malayan Emergency; the same activity for which the regiment was raised 250 years earlier. It was the last British military unit to leave Hong Kong in 1997 and played a prominent role in the handover ceremony. The Hook During the 1951-1953 Korean War, elements of the United Nations Forces were engaged in fierce fighting to prevent Chinese forces from gaining ground, prior to a possible cease fire. ... Combatants  United Nations:  Republic of Korea  Australia  Belgium  Canada  Colombia  Ethiopia  France Greece  Luxembourg  Netherlands  New Zealand  Philippines South Africa  Thailand  Turkey  United Kingdom  United States Medical staff:  Denmark  Italy  Norway  Sweden Communist: Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea  Peoples Republic of China  Soviet Union Commanders Syngman Rhee Chung... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Mau Mau British Empire Commanders * Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi * General China (Waruhiu Itote) * Stanley Mathenge * Evelyn Baring(Governor) * General Sir George Erskine Strength Unknown 10,000 regular troops (Africans and Europeans) 21,000 police, 25,000 home guard[1] Casualties 10,527 killed in action;[2] 2,633 captured... Combatants United Kingdom Australia New Zealand British colonies Federation of Malaya Rhodesia Fiji various British East African colonies Malayan Communist Party Malayan Races Liberation Army Commanders Harold Briggs Henry Gurney † Gerald Templer Henry Wells Chin Peng Strength 250,000 Malayan Home Guard troops 40,000 regular Commonwealth personnel 37,000... Handover ceremony of Hong Kong in 1997: The Union Flag lowered and the Flag of China raised. ...

21st century

During the 2003 Iraq War the Black Watch fought during Operation Telic in the attack on Basra and during its deployment the unit suffered a single fatality. The following year the Black Watch was dispatched to Iraq again, as part of 4 (Armoured) Brigade. On 12 August a soldier from the regiment was killed as a result of an improvised explosive device (IED). In October, the Black Watch was at the centre of political controversy after the Americans requested British forces to be moved further north outside of the British-controlled Multi-National Division (South East) area. Despite objections in Parliament, the deployment went ahead. Based at Camp Dogwood, South of Baghdad, it came under regular attack from rockets. On the 29 October, during the journey to their new base, a Black Watch soldier was killed in a road accident. On 4 November three soldiers and an interpreter were killed by a car bomb and on 8 November another soldier was killed. This high profile deployment caused a magnification of these events back home in Britain. For other uses of the term, see Iraq war (disambiguation) The 2003 invasion of Iraq (also called the 2nd or 3rd Persian Gulf War) began on March 20, 2003, when forces belonging primarily to the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq without the explicit backing of the United... Operation (or Op) TELIC is the codename under which all British operations of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and after are being conducted. ... This article is about the city of Basra. ... The 4th Armoured Brigade was a British Army brigade during the Second World War. ... is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ... Multi-National Division (South-East) is the name for a number of military formations that have existed during multinational peacekeeping and occupation operations. ... Camp Dogwood is the name of the base camp for the British Black Watch regiment in Iraq, 2004. ... Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Under a plan supervised by General Sir Mike Jackson, on 16 December 2004 it was announced that the Black Watch was to join with five other Scottish regiments - the Royal Scots, the King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, The Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland, a single regiment consisting of 5 regular and 2 territorial battalions. The measure, which reflected recruiting difficulties and the inefficiencies inherent in maintaining a number of relatively small separate units, took place on 28 March 2006. These plans encountered considerable opposition from retired soldiers and the Scottish public. It was claimed by proponents of the plan that the establishment of a large regiment will improve conditions of service for serving personnel. As with the other former Scottish regiments, the Black Watch will retain its former name as its primary identifier, with its battalion number as a subtitle. Therefore, the regiment is now known as The Black Watch (3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland); in addition, the battalion is also permitted to retain its most famous accoutrement, the red hackle on the . General Sir Michael Mike Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, ADC Gen (born 21 March 1944) is a British army officer, currently Chief of the General Staff. ... is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official name The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) Colonel-in-Chief Honorary-General HRH Mary, Princess Royal (1918) HRH Anne, Princess Royal (1983) Nicknames Pontius Pilates Bodyguard Motto Nemo me impune lacessit (Nobody touches me with impunity) Anniversaries Marches Quick March: Dumbartons Drums Slow March: Garb of Old... The Kings Own Scottish Borderers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. ... The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margarets Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) was a regular Scottish line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division, and abbreviated as The RHF. The regiment was formed on 20th January 1959 by the then controversial amalgamation of the Royal Scots... The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) is an infantry battalion of the British Army. ... The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. ... The Royal Regiment of Scotland is the senior and only Scottish line infantry regiment of the British Army Infantry. ... is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Australia/New Zealand

While Australia has had various units of its military with affiliations to the Black Watch, no regiment in Australia or New Zealand has formally borne that title, although one company Alpha Company, of the 2/17 Battalion, the Royal NSW Regiment does wear the kilt, bonnet and hackle.

Canada

Canada (from 1862) has its own Black Watch, being raised as the 5th Battalion of the Canadian Militia, being renamed by 1914 as the 5th Regiment (Royal Highlanders of Canada). It adopted its current title, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, prior to World War Two, in which it served in the Second Canadian Division from mobilization in 1939 to 1945. As part of the 5th Canadian Brigade, the Regiment's 1st Battalion landed in Normandy in July 1944 and participated in major combat actions afterwards including the fight for the Channel Ports, the Scheldt, the Nijmegen Salient, the Rhineland, and the final battles of the war east of the Rhine River. Two battalions of the Black Watch (RHR) of Canada also served in Canada, one in the Regular Army, the other as a Reserve unit. For brief time between 1953 and 1970, the Regiment had two battalions on the order of battle of the Regular Force, with a battalion in the Militia. The Regiment reverted to a one-battalion Militia unit in 1972 and remains in that status today. This article is about 1862 . ... The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada is a reserve infantry regiment in 34 Brigade Group, Land Force Quebec Area. ... The Canadian 2nd Infantry Division was mobilized on 1 September 1939, even before the declaration of war, and the battalions were promptly fleshed out by volunteers. ... For other uses, see Normandy (disambiguation). ... The Scheldt (Dutch: Schelde, French Escaut) is a 350 km[1] long river in northern France, western Belgium and the southwestern part of the Netherlands. ... Country Netherlands Province Gelderland Area (2006)  - Municipality 57. ... The Rhineland (Rheinland in German) is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany. ...

Notable members

• Robert Munro (1684 - 1746), The original Black Watch commander, Colonel Sir Robert Munro.
• Alfred Anderson, Scotland's last surviving World War I veteran (now deceased)
• Fergus Bowes-Lyon
• Duncan Campbell
• Walter Cook
• Henry Davie
• Thomas Edwards
• Lewis Pugh Evans
• Adam Ferguson
• David Finlay
• Ian Fleming
• J. B. S. Haldane
• John MacKenzie
• Gillean Robert Maclaine
• Charles Melvin
• Eric Newby
• Simon Ramsay
• John Ripley
• Neil Ritchie
• William Rose
• William Speakman
• Rory Stewart
• Frederick Guthrie Tait
• Arthur Wauchope
• Archibald Wavell

Sir Robert Munro of Foulis (1684 - January 17, 1746), was a soldier-politician whose life followed an 18th century pattern which seems strange to us today. ... Alfred Anderson (June 25, 1896 – November 21, 2005) was a Scottish joiner and veteran of the First World War. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Captain Fergus Bowes-Lyon (April 18, 1889 - September 27, 1915) was a brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. ... Duncan Campbell was a Scots nobleman who died on July 18, 1758, as a result of wounds received in an unsuccessful frontal attack against French forces at Fort Carillon (renamed Fort Ticonderoga when the British took the fort a year later). ... Walter Cook was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... General Sir Henry Robert Ferguson Davie, 1st Baronet (1797-30 November 1885). ... Thomas Edwards (19 April 1863- 27 March 1953) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... Lewis Pugh Evans (VC, CB, CMG, DSO & Bar) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... Adam Ferguson, also known as Ferguson of Raith (June 20, 1723 (O.S.) - February 22, 1816) was a philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment. ... Photo submitted by Martin Hornby - (Gallaher Cigarette Cards) David Finlay was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... This article is about the author. ... John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (November 5, 1892 – December 1, 1964), who normally used J.B.S. as a first name, was a British geneticist and evolutionary biologist. ... John Mackenzie (born 1932) is a British film director. ... Gillean Robert Maclaine of Lochbuie (3 January 1921 – 5 May 1970) was the 25th hereditary Chief of Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie and Feudal Baron of Moy. ... Charles Melvin was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... Eric Newby CBE MC (born December 6, 1919 - October 20, 2006)[1] was an English author of travel literature, regarded by many as one of the finest British travel writers of the 20th century. ... The Right Honourable Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, GCVO, GBE, MC, DL (17 October 1914–15 July 1999) was a British land-owner, statesman and politician. ... John Ripley was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... General Ritchie as commander of XII Corps in France General Sir Neil Ritchie GBE, KCB, DSO, MC (July 29, 1897 - December 11, 1983) was a British commanding officer during the Second World War. ... William Rose (December 12, 1914 - February 10, 1987) was a major American screenwriter of British and Hollywood films. ... Image:VCWilliamSpeakman. ... Rory Stewart OBE, born 1973, is a Scottish writer, born in Hong Kong and educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied history and philosophy. ... Frederick Guthrie Tait (January 11, 1870 - February 7, 1900) was a Scottish soldier and amateur golfer. ... Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope (1874-1947) was a British soldier and colonial administrator. ... Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (May 5, 1883 - May 24, 1950) was a British Field Marshal and the commander of British Army forces in the Middle East during World War II. He led British forces to victory over the Italians, only to be defeated by the German army. ...

Battle honours

• [combined battle honours of 42nd Regiment and 73rd Regiment, plus:]
  • Guadaloupe 1759¹, Martinique 1762¹, Havannah¹, North America 1763-642, Mysore⁵, Busaco³, Salamanca⁴, South Africa 1846-7⁶, 1851-2-3⁶ Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt 1882 '84, Kirbekan, Nile 1884-5, Paardeberg, South Africa 1899-1902
  • The Great War [25 battalions]: Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914 '18, Aisne 1914, La Bassée 1914, Ypres 1914 '17 '18, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 '18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917 '18, Arleux, Pilckem, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Lys, Estaires, Messines 1918, Hazebrouck, Kemmel, Béthune, Scherpenberg, Soissonnais-Ourcq, Tardenois, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy, St Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Courtrai, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Doiran 1917, Macedonia 1915-18, Egypt 1916, Gaza, Jerusalem, Tell'Asur, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1917-18, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1915-17
  • The Second World War: Defence of Arras, Ypres-Comines Canal, Dunkirk 1940, Somme 1940, St. Valery-en-Caux, Saar, Breville, Odon, Fontenay le Pesnil, Defence of Rauray, Caen, Falaise, Falaise Road, La Vie Crossing, Le Havre, Lower Maas, Venlo Pocket, Ourthe, Rhineland, Reichswald, Goch, Rhine, North-West Europe 1940 '44-45, Barkasan, British Somaliland 1940, Tobruk 1941, Tobruk Sortie, El Alamein, Advance on Tripoli, Medenine, Zemlet el Lebene, Mareth, Akarit, Wadi Akarit East, Djebel Roumana, Medjez Plain, Si Mediene, Tunis, North Africa 1941-43, Landing in Sicily, Vizzini, Sferro, Gerbini, Adrano, Sferro Hills, Sicily 1943, Cassino II, Liri Valley, Advance to Florence, Monte Scalari, Casa Fortis, Rimini Line, Casa Fabbri Ridge, Savio Bridgehead, Italy 1944-45, Athens, Greece 1944-45, Crete, Heraklion, Middle East 1941, Chindits 1944, Burma 1944
  • The Hook 1952, Korea 1952-53; Al Basrah, Iraq 2003

1. awarded 1909 for services of 42nd Regiment.
2. awarded 1914 for services of 42nd Regiment.
3. awarded 1910 for service of 42nd Regiment.
4. awarded 1951 for service of 42nd Regiment.
5. awarded 1889 for service of 73rd Regiment.
6. awarded 1882 for service of 73rd Regiment.

Alliances

The Black Watch tartan.

•  Australia - The Royal Queensland Regiment
•  Australia - The Royal New South Wales Regiment
•  Canada - The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
•  Canada - 1st Air Defence Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), Royal Canadian Artillery
•  Canada - The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)
•  New Zealand - The New Zealand Scottish
• Royal Navy - HMS Montrose
•  South Africa - The Transvaal Scottish

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Anecdotes

When wearing kilts, it is customary for troops to "go regimental" or "military practice", wearing no underwear. In the 1950s, kilted soldiers on parade would be checked by the sergeant major using a mirror on the barrack's floor. In 1997, a Black Watch soldier received wide press exposure, because of windy conditions during a military ceremony in Hong Kong. The 1950s decade refers to the years 1950 to 1959 inclusive. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

In popular culture

In the American cartoon Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, the second-season episode Blackwatch Plaid features a parody of the American terrorism alert system that includes a number of levels above the real system's maximum of "Red/Severe." As implied by the episode title, one of these is "Black Watch Plaid," represented by the Black Watch's traditional tartan pattern. Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is a comedic American animated television series created by Williams Street that airs on Cartoon Network during its Adult Swim late night programming block. ... In the United States, the Homeland Security Advisory System is a color-coded terrorism threat advisory scale. ...

In the Battletech universe, the Royal Black Watch regiment is the Star League Defense Force's most elite BattleMech unit, responsible for the direct defence of the First Lord of the Star League. This is the case with both the original Star League and the resurrected one. BattleTech is a wargaming and science fiction franchise, launched by FASA Corporation and currently owned by WizKids. ...

Black Watch are also a playable unit in Rise of Nations, and Age of Empires III for the British. Rise of Nations is a real-time strategy computer game, developed by Big Huge Games and published by Microsoft on May 20, 2003. ... Age of Empires III (also called AoE III) is a real-time strategy (RTS) game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft. ...

The Black Watch is the subject of a Irish Rebel song.^[5]

There are however also many more complimentary anthems associated with the regiment. The above is a parody of "The Gallant Forty-Twa"; there is also "Wha Saw the Forty-Second", a reworking of the Jacobite song "Wha Wadna Fecht For Charlie"; "Twa Recruitin' Sergeants", and so forth. For the U.S. politician, see Charles E. Stuart Bonnie Prince Charlie Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir Stuart (December 31, 1720 – January 31, 1788), was the exiled claimant to the thrones of Great Britain and Ireland, commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. Charles was the son of James Francis...

In 2006, the National Theatre of Scotland premiered a new play by Gregory Burke compiled from interviews with former soldiers, dealing with the history of the regiment and in particular the recent deployment in Iraq. It met with universally positive reviews. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Theatre of Scotland was set up in 2004 and launched in February 2006. ... Gregory Burke is a playwright from Fife, Scotland. ...

The Black Watch pattern is a free tartan. This means anyone man may wear a Black Watch tartan without disrespect to the culture of the Scottish Clan system.

See also

• Balhousie Castle
• Lovat Scouts

The eastern façade of the castle, which overlooks the North Inch. ... The Lovat Scouts was a yeomanry regiment of the Territorial Army, now a platoon of the 51st Highland Regiment. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.army.mod.uk/highlanders/history.htm
2. ^ from regimental number - 42
3. ^ [1]
4. ^ [2]
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Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) describes itself as a republican socialist party and claims to be both Marxist-Leninist and republican. ... is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• The Black Watch homepage
• theblackwatch.co.uk
• regiments.co.uk
• blackwatchcanada.com
• royalhighlanders.co.uk
• Twa Recruitin' Sergeants
• The Gallant Forty-Twa
• Wha Saw the Forty-Second?
• Black Watch (play) at the National Theatre of Scotland website